Day in pictures: 19 February 2014

Dani Alves scores to give Barcelona a 2-0 victory in the first leg of the Champions League last-16 match against Manchester City. Messi broke the deadlock with a 54th-minute penalty after he was fouled by City defender Martin Demichelis, who was sent off.

The Prince of Wales joins members of the Saudi royal family for the Ardah - or sword dance - in the capital Riyadh. The heir to the British throne is making an official visit to Qatar as well as Saudi Arabia.

Police in the Ukrainian capital Kiev made another attack on anti-government protesters. The fresh attempt to uproot the protest stronghold came with President Yanukovych blaming opposition leaders for the worst violence in months of unrest.

A food seller awaits customers on a freezing day at an animal market in Kabul, the Afghan capital.

Lebanese civil defence members putting out a fire at the scene of an explosion in the southern suburbs of Beirut. At least three people were killed and dozens wounded in what was a twin bomb attack, officials said. The blasts were the latest in a series of attacks in the south of the capital, where the militant Shia Hezbollah movement has a strong presence.

Pope Francis shooting the breeze with well-wishers as he arrives for his general audience in St Peter's Square at the Vatican.

A beached Iranian boat, seen through the shattered window of an abandoned ship, on the salty bed of Lake Orumiyeh. Once one of the biggest saltwater lakes on Earth, it has shrunk more than 80% in the past decade. Drought, and outflow vastly exceeding inflow in recent years, are responsible.

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